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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-07-13, Page 7A DETACHABLE, TRAIN which can be removed 1osturn a bridal gown into a young dance dress Was .anssong, Ilse Canadian couturier designs presented at a special.. showing, of,, bridal fashions recently at Niagara Falls, Ont. ,,The train , snaps on at the waist beneath the tiered skirts , Designee', in White nylon organdy, the gown features a finely tucked bodice with a high neckline, short sleeves arid scattered appliques of embroidered arabesques. Poison ivy is .00e of the m1- =4 nuisance. peeds'in ..Canada which each year causes con- siderable discomfort for those unwary enough to come in con- tact with it. However, it • can be controlled fairly easily by one of the modern chemical weed killers, * • Mr, McGibbon of the Federal Department of Agriculture, re- ports that killing of Poison ivy resulted from tests in which • a mixture of two liquid ounces of 2,4,5-T in a gallon of water was sprayed on the plants. It took from ten to fourteen days before results were noticeable. After that the leaves turned yellow and dropped off. Results from other areas indicate that there will be no re-growth the following year provided the spraying is thoroughly done, • * Mr. McGibbon warns that care must be taken to keep the spray off of any valuable woody plants in the vicinity because they are very susceptible to this particu- lar chemical. For the same rea- son, the sprayer should not be used for other garden purposes unless it is thoroughly washed out to remove all traces or 2,4,5-T, * Lawn movers in general use are the ordinary reel type and the rotary scythe type. The ef- ficiency of both depends a great deal on the condition of the cut- ting knives. The reel-type mower employs a shearing action between the blades and the fixed knife-like bar. Both the blades and the knife-bar should be sharp and properly adjusted to effect an easy shearing action. Moreover, the blades on the reel should be ground uniformly so that the entire length,' of each blade makes light contact with 'the knife-bar. This is done best with the special sharpening ma-., 4. RarelaY Warren, 0.4.4,, CUL Trusting Clad in Dark Days Jtabakkult 1:1-6,, 1248; 23-4 Memory Selection; The jum shall liVe by his faith, fiabek. kuk 24, Men have always wrestled with the, problem, of suffering, Haba- kkuk was troubled because of the rise of the pagan Chaldean power and Its threatened ever., throw Of Judah. Why does God look On and hold his tongue while the wicked devours the man that is more righteolla than he? We have seen this problem on the individual level:; a man defrauding his righteous brother or sister in the divid- ing Of the estate, We have seen it on the national level; God-defying Hitler loosing his life-destroying bombs on the people of England. God tells Habakkuk to write , , the vision plainly so that the one who reads it may run, God may use the ungodly to chastise his own people but at the last he will bring all men to judg- ment. "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea," Meanwhile the just shall live by his faithfulness. Habakkuk is content. "The LORD is in his holy templet let all the earth keep silence be- fore him." His faith is strength- ened. He draws to a conclusion with words that ought ever to be a stimulus to us all. It is the spirit of one who trusts God in dark days., "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the Olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut ,off from the fold ,and there shall be no her& in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation," Let us remember in our suf., ferings the statement of Paul; Romans 8:18. "I reckon that the, sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." (lea 144004s they Went out 11'10 the tiny garden, Where Ham's keen eye noticed that the earth had recently been ,disturbed. He called for a spade and found the bristles a few inches down, Isaacs was charged with receiving, and Steed his trial at the London Sessions before the Recorder, Mr. Russell Gurney, When the names of the jury were called, a thirteenth man was found in the box, and this "odd man out" was dressed in black. He apologized for his presence and explained that he had been, palled for the next day, but his wife was being buried then and he hoped he might be able to serve a day early, The sympathetic Recorder of- fered to release him entirely, but the extra juryman asked to serve that day , "to take his mind Off his grief," The case against Isaacs was se strong that there was general astonishment when the jury ask- ed leave to retire. Three hours passed, The Recorder had them brought back to court and asked whether they had reached a ver- dict, The foreman told him there was not the slightest prospect of agreement. Annoyed at their ap- parent stupidity, he sent them back. "You'll stay there all night,,if necessary," he warned. At three o'clock the next morn- ing they returned, Their Verdict was Not Guilty, Counsel who had been defend- ing Isaacs couldn't resist stop- ping one of the jury outside the court and asking for an explan- ation for this extraordinary ver- dict. His reply was no less biz- arre. Apparently, the bereaved hus- band had told his fellows he had decided the prisoner was not guilty and no arguments would shake him. As the night wore on he produced sandwiches and a flask of brandy which he con- sumed without offering so much as a _bite to anyone else, One by one the jurymen capitulated, un- til all were agreed on a verdict Of Not Guilty! There was a sequel the next day. Counsel for the defence had occasion to visit the solici- tor who had briefed him. At the door he met the bereaved man coming out. He was dressed in sporting clothes and wore a hap- py smile — obviously an acquain- tance of the prisoner who'd play- ed his part in a put-up job. The case ,and verdict are to be found in newspaper reports: the explanation was recorded by counsel himself, a 'very famous barrister of the last century, TOO LATE Long after he had been admit- ted to service and assigned to West Germany, a Chicago youth was puzzled to receive a mes- sage from his local medical board stating, "We regret to inform you that tests show that you have tuberculosis and a serious heart condition." A week later a cable arrived: "Please disregard, pre- vious report, Your record mixed up with another examinee." The yOung man was equal to the occasion. By return cable, he despatched the reply: "sorry VS inform you that your correcs tion arrived too late. I commit- ted suicide last night. '''?? • %Z. TINY REPUBLIC GOES SPORTY — Sports fans will be interested in these new stamps from the tiny (38 square miles) Republic of . San Marino, located near Rimini, Italy. The stamps have a winged wheel watermark. Tragedies From Mistaken Identity Mistaken identity has been re- sponsible for many tragedies; one which partiditlarly comes 'to my mind concerns—only. sheep stealing, but the result, was, so tragic that it is Worthy of record- ing. At dawn one morning in the' year 1866, two police officers met a man 'driving a flock of sheep towards Horngey Meat Market, The man stopped to ask one of the officers for a light, then drove the sheep on to the yard of a public house, where they were slaughtered and sold to a butcher, Yet the entire flock had been stolen from a fanner! A man — I have no record of his name — was detained and identified by the two police offi- cers, the publican and the butcher. He was tried before Sir William Bodkin at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and called as witnesses his father, mother and sisters to prove he was at home when the offence was committed, In those days, the law did not permit a wife to give evidence on behalf of her husband, so a valuable witness could hot ap- pear, (incidentally, this was not se many years after, the altera- tion lb the law Which imposed the death penalty for'sheep Steal. A plan 'Of the cottage in which the accused lived was produced. It showed' that with his wife he occupied a tooth' which could Only be entered by passing through the bedroom of his Par- ents, Bothparents Were piiSititre he and to bed at, eleven lints wild did not get up until seven the next Morning, But there Was the tvidened Of the policertieri, the publican and the butcher:, and Sir William his sttinthing-tip wattled the jails that the relatives of Mies accused HE ,CHDCRS .WOODA4. n 4f,whir of ice cream. Pet of Mrs. W. H. Fleming,. "VVeody",,WAI fangs!! s up any given quantity of the cold stuff. Perhaps he wants to become acclimated to the chil- ly weather he'll meet next spring as tradition's" begt-knOwn weather prophet, .4:2;11.11,8110118,8881" MY SCHOOL ESSON • Fashion .0 Those Americans Aren't So Speedy 111 FARM FRONT Jo The world usually thinks of the United States as devoted to and excelling, in Speed, Many Americana were taken aback when the first four-minute mile Was Wined in by an English runner. Rut even harder fOr them to adjust to is their in, ereasingly publicized lag in a more mechanical field. of speed tail and plane transport. The French are reported run- ning the fastest trains and the British, haVe for several years had a lead in speedy passenger aircraft, Steps are now being taken to close this gap, Lock- heed has announced a turbo- prop transport for 1958 and Douglas is reported building a giant jet (DC8) capable of 500 miles an hour, to be ready in 1959. But American travelers won't have to wait that long for faster service. In the next few weeks Capital Airlines will begin tak- ing dglivery on a fleet of Vis- counts (an. English turboprop plane well tested in service which is not only faster but re- portedly quieter than American transports)• Of course, American rail and air schedules have been stepping ahead. But it remains a mystery why more attention has not been given to speed, particularly in the air. The United States' great distances put a premium on speed. And speedier ships can carry more pay loads in a given time. For many travelers reliability and safety mean more than speed, and American airlines are gaining in these fields. Fur- ther progress in overcoming weather problems and making schedules dependable is due. This and the quieting of noise, both for passengers and those living near airports, should be emphasized. For to Americans' —fully "sold" on air travel-- anything less than winged pro- gress ,appears slow.—sTrom The Christian, Science Monitor (Bos- ton). Feed , grain,,eupply per grain- consuming animal ,grtit is , esti- mated at, 1.45 tons for the 1953- 54 crop' year, up from E40 in 1952'43 and the',"sedoxid new re- cordsin ad many' years. Jim fig- ure. was 1.36 'tons. for 1951-52, and,•-from! 1936-31 to 194()-41 averaged 0,64 Chines as used by lawn mower servicemen, Machine-sharpened blades are usually hollow- ground, and hollow-ground knife edges are generally more effi- cient and give longer service, 1' * • When sharpening is done by hand, the usual procedure is as follows: (1) for hand-pushed machines, remove and change to opposite sides, the drive wheels, pinion gears and the pawls so that the knife reel will run in the opposite direction by ro- tating one of the drive wheels, If the lawn mower is power- driven, simply set the machine up on 'blocks and operate it with the engine as usual but at slow speed, (2) Adjust the knife-bar so that it just touches all the reel blades through out their length. (3) Apply an abra- sive to the reel and knife-bar which may be a valve-grinding compound, a fine grade of car- borundum, emery powder mixed with sufficient lubricating oil to make a thin paste or a dry mix- ture of fine emery dust and soap powder. The latter has the fol- lowing advantages; it can be poured on the knife-bar as the reel revolves; it does not stick to the reel blades and hence remains in contact with the knife edges longer. (4) Adjust ' the knife-bar from time to time, as the grinding job proceeds so that all the reel blades touch it lightly throughout their length. (5) Clean off all the abrasive with kerosene or solvent after sharpening. (6 Finally, test the cutting edges with a piece of good quality paper and adjust the knife-bar again if necessary. * * * The rotary scythe type de- " vends on speed and very sharp cutting edges for satisfactory mowine. When the knives are dull the tops of grasS leaves and stems are bruised, torn, or just bent over rather than cut cleanly and soon turn white and detract from the general appearance of the lawn. To sharpen, remove the blades and grind the cutting edges to the original angle until sharp, Gretna Green and Runaway Marriages It FAIR OFFER Some of the bargain clothing' houses on New York's lower 'East Side still declare open season on the unwary passer-by. One man, clutched by the arm and dragged Inside, protested, "But I don't want any clothes — I've got at least a dozen suits at home." :So all right," replied the 'pro- prietor, unperturbed, "bring 'errs down, I'll make you a partner," • Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 0 CI 1 1113 V d A 3 M O lila 3 SII1 3 d a 213 S 3 S I Id V8 gli 3 H J. O 0 a V 3 1' 'd a O V N O w v OH aa d N N 3 ki 3 a 30 H S 0 d '3)I a Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, a sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; and haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away. Walt Whitman. N 3A N 3 3MVI31S IV Vti 3,/ SO3 dS1H0 >IVA .9„oknowledge 1L'IGESTPtlan ;yt 16, Vigilant 18, Rein 26, Wrist.) the -11A ,4,1t114; 23, SOltp Olaht Ln rtoacloss of .ill,saord, 71 PbrIbibirik .“ to Norgemeh 23, flablt0Alen 2(1.1'olte - 31, Symbol tot 4>, syi labi of heeitatioa 33 t Old A tw brloa Jnaiaitg 35, Urislable 42, Stop 44, Passing fashion (746, 1:Vot • I !!,', is:Spreads loosely 56.1T9r*st , j • 'ffro*th,, • IL Water resort 52. Remunerate aii, Make 51, Brazlilan gI, DIAdeVer " 59 Ourselves," CROSSWORD PUZZLE AZ— AC:AIDS'S 2. 100.square 1. Tibetan ot 4 tirR Meters ie.,:.'zia 11.8 clgxj, a , 5 OA! e5t, t1114.0 4, Law ig.110041) dersmony 13 1,aden e way ^ 4 Wondering 61 141ske • (ei.,!7g C of ();:( ul.kaut 8, si •glitsouila 17 Longs for 9, Package had the strongest of motives for trying to shield him, especially as he Was the family breadswin- ner, He was found guilty and sent to prison for-five years. Twelve months passed. In the same. court, -again before -Sir Wil- liam Bodkin, another man was charged with sheep-stealing, He had , been caught almost red- handed, for carcases bearing the branding marks of the owner were found hanging in the out- house of his cottage, and foot- prints on the farm from which thesheep had been Stolen corres- ponded' With 'the priebiter'a hob- naffed boots;, 'which 'had.aesteral nails missing:' He was found guilty- and ask- ed ,if he had anything to say. To the astonishment 'of the court, he eftlainied: "For myse)f — no. But I have :Or-nettling td say to you, my lord. A year age you sentenced an innocent. man, I stole the sheep which] Were sold, at Hornsey, Look at me, Have you Soon i7ie before?" William looked .ttp and studied him closely. So far as memory could serve, he was idens 'fleet with the, than sentenced a year before. The Odd was bfearght to the attention' of- the Home Secretary by the Drovers' Association, a powerful and Wealthy body. , In- quiries were Made; and the truth of the ttatethent tva established. The inneeentrtitan,*Was granted what is ironically called a free pardon and released from priSoti 'heti tablyAnsariel The same year, a guilty Man Won an acquittal by the most barefaced piece of chicanery im- aginable, Solomon 'Isaacs had long been suspected by the police of being a r6OeiVer, At last they learnt fresh ee infertile/. that Istittes bad just obtained a load of Stolen bristleS (at that time tery Yalu- Able). DeteetiVes, led by Ser. geant Ham, descended On his premlset* railing to find the brls. is' Fri r- -- artt • tietW. 27 Deep Pole, 2" tnier *eft 94 'quo folio* 23, ',-)pperriehl" 29. rye, rise pnet. The marriages that made Gretna Green famdus the world over were,seneled,,jyeti ninety- nine years ago when the law .. was changed to make it neces- sary for l beth!parties to mar- riage in Scotland to 'have spent the previous three weeks in the country. ' Before that anyone could marryin Scotland without notice 'of any more formality than exchanging vows before' witness, All the business of the smithy, and-the anvil was bogus in the sense that it was legally unnecessary. It was an acci- dent that the 'stnith became as- sociated with Gretna Green rnriages. The local smith found acting, as a •PrOfeseronal 'Witness profitable and turned it into a-jObse ' ss , Gretna Green began to boom' when.,tweti centuries sago, the marriage laws' in'Erigland -were tightened up. It previded a con- Wenient -epothfor eloping couples hotly pursued by anseered par- ents. , , •, . One' Of 'the. most famous, or notorious, "parsons" of Gretna. Green ,was, Joseph Paisley, who had an astonishing capacity for drink. He celebrated one mar- riage by drinking half a ten- gallon cask of brandy and re- maining sufficiently conscious to kick the cask to pieces because it was empty! Among the famous runaway marriages at Gretna Green were those of Richard Brinsley Sheri- dan, grandson of the famous. statesman and playwright, . and the tenth Earl of Westmorland, who ran off with Sarah Child, daughter of the founder of Child's Bank. The infuriated banker pursued them, and only gave up when the Earl succeed- ed in shooting his leading horse. He forgave' the runaways and left his 'fortune to their daugh- ter. The ,sporting, Marquess of Queensberrss, running away with Carbline Clayton, abondoned the traditional -post-chaise for the :journey' to 'Gretna Green and 'the lovers rode on horse- back. The son of this Gretna union produced the Queens- berry Rules which • turned prizefighting into a ,clean sport. Edward Gibbon Wakefield wa's perhaps the most amazing "customer" of Gretna. By forg- ing a letter which suggested her father's fortune depended on her marrying him, he lured a sixteen-year-old 'heiress from school to Gretne Green. The marriage , was r 'led, by an . Act of Parliam and. Wake- field got .three year's imprison- ment, But .this 'did not prevent him becoming a distinguished colonial statesman. - Another extraordinary Gretna marriage was that. of Prince Carle to Penelope Smith. The prince was a ,peliticel refugee. He, had and his bride in Rome and afterwards Married her again in Madrid just.to make sure. ' When they came to, Eng- land they were married again at Gretna Green and, being still coldly received in Society, mar- ried for the fourth time at the fashionable St. George's, Han- over Square! Interest in Gretna Green re- vived in 1890 when a man named Mackie bought a shop and turn- ed it into a museum with a room for marrying couples. He offer- ed 10s. to the first couple to be inarriedse-'end 'offer promptly ac- ' tented- by a couple of tramps! Be prospered, particularly when in, World. War I Gretna became an important centre of muni- tion factories, His Itidoine in 1932 was proved to be $6,000 a year. Up to the abolition of mar- riage by consent alsonts;300 mar- riages a year were being 'Cele- ' grat&I'" ""in"smithy arid 'intseAni, In. recent years' it has been•tteen-agera: who, have gene to, Scotland , to „marry arid tin ti 1 Isobel Patine and James Geld- ginith), there *erd fe*•hesiclline iestriaridsr' AtiOttigiI""`"li61;vever, WaSrthitf' of'IMr, n ' Beckett, 4`tMSP,,,r andi - the, widow' of the famous actor Ar Bouchier, who ,*ere married, at Gtetna in 1930, Iron foundries used 11% less pig iron and 13% Mote scrap iron and steel in the first three quarters of 1053; turned but a 6% greater' tonnage' of non cast,' pigs and cast iron pipes and fits, tirigs than in 1952. 2 '1' ...., 4, r,, 51i r P i9,,; ro,, ,/ , /4 13 14 . ,. 5' ' 16 W ,., i:/ ., Vor v / ?.. iq , , to 2 A.., 3,r, 21 i t ` ,,:: . R. ..., •'... 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